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Theodore von Kármán

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Hungarian Aerospace Jpl Aerodynamics

9.7 Brilliant

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Qian Xuesen

Qian Xuesen was a pioneering Chinese engineer instrumental in developing the nation’s aerospace capabilities. His work d...

China Aerospace Systems Rocketry

9.3 Excellent

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Christopher C. Kraft Jr.

Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924–2019) was an American aerospace engineer who played a central role in the early United St...

Modern American Aerospace Nasa

9.3 Excellent

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John Houbolt

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Modern American Aerospace Apollo

9.3 Excellent

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Max Faget

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American Aerospace Historical Nasa

9.3 Excellent

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A.N. Tupolev

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9.3 Excellent

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Ben Rich

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Stealth Aerospace Lockheed Skunk Works

9.2 Excellent

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Robert Gilruth

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American Aerospace Nasa Human Spaceflight

9.2 Excellent

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Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

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Water Modern Indian Dams

9.2 Excellent

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Elbert L. (Burt) Rutan

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Modern American Aerospace Experimental

9.2 Excellent

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Andrei Tupolev

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Aircraft Aerospace Soviet Tupolev

9.1 Excellent

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George Low

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Modern Aerospace Nasa Spaceflight

9.1 Excellent

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Verghese Kurien

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Modern Indian Mechanical Industrial

9.1 Excellent

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Mikhail Mil

Mikhail Mil was a Soviet aircraft and helicopter designer who established the Mil design bureau in 1947, the organizatio...

Aerospace Historical Aviation Soviet

9.1 Excellent

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Sergei Ilyushin

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Russia Designer Aerospace 20TH Century

9.1 Excellent

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Octave Chanute

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Aerospace 19TH Century 20TH Century Aviation

9.0 Excellent

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Jack Northrop

Jack Northrop was a pioneering American aerospace engineer whose innovative designs fundamentally shaped aircraft develo...

Aircraft American Aerospace Flying Wing

8.9 Great

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Peter Beck

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Contemporary New Zealand Aerospace Spaceflight

8.5 Great

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Tu Shou'e

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Modern Aerospace Chinese Spaceflight

8.5 Great

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Kalpana Chawla

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Aerospace Indian Nasa Astronaut

7.3 Good